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Checking on demolition noise
27 January 2014
When demolition company, Walter Forshaw needed to monitor environmental noise in order to ensure that its work was not inconveniencing neighbours, the company turned to Casella noise monitoring equipment.
Jeremy Wolstencroft, operations manager at Bolton-based Forshaw Demolition, says: "We wanted to be able to assess the noise levels at our sites throughout the course of each day and also to leave the units unmanned, if possible. Casella’s CEL-633 sound level meter allows us to do both.”
"It is extremely easy to operate and the software is much improved compared to earlier Casella generations. I use the meter on site and also leave it on a timer on a daily basis when I am involved in other duties.”
The CEL-633, which complies with all the latest international standards for sound level meters, uses the latest technology and a high-resolution colour display to measure and impart occupational and environmental noise levels to the user.
The small, lightweight instrument allows users to make displayed data as simple or as comprehensive as needed and its 2GB memory stores more than a year of continuous data.
Audio recording is a standard feature, with voice notes possible to annotate results so that nothing needs to be written down.
Should a given level of noise be exceeded for a period of time when the monitor is unattended, it can be set to trigger audio recording and to collect additional data.